John Paddington

I live in a block of flats built by a major developer that wasn't built to safety regulations at the time.

That's with regulations in place, imagine what will happen with less regulation...

The other way of looking at it is that over two thirds of drivers don't follow the rules.

Estimating the benefits of active travel investment Examines how economic appraisal can be done more effectively for active travel interventions that do not fit into existing frameworks.

ICYMI. A report for Active Travel England on estimating the benefits of active travel was published last week.

Looks to be a helpful summary of some of the key appraisal issues and identifies the interventions that can do badly under the current approaches (eg traffic reduction & area wide schemes)

My dad was an electrical engineer in a manufacturing company, so could be level 1 or ?5 My Mum a housewife so level 8?! Now wondering if they average between the two.

I'm also waiting for the pilot / train / bus driver discussion.

Screenshot from Eurostar website with a status update saying there are problems with the French network and there will be delays. They're suggesting travelling on a different date.

I love Eurostar a lot but really they are terrible at customer information when things go a bit wrong...

(I'm currently in the lounge and going to Brussels so no idea if this affects me)

Fully agree with this but also, we're going to need to figure how to manage things like Chat GPT giving tax advice...

Done. I'm hoping you don't lose out too much on currency conversion from pounds

EU Commission reverses course on anti-discrimination directive | ILGA-Europe The European Commission has revived its draft Equal Treatment Directive after public outcry and a 33,000-signature petition.

Some REAL good news;

The EU is backtracking on its earlier decision to abandon stronger anti-discrimination protections, following a campaign by @ilgaeurope.bsky.social.

Now there will be stronger protections and rights in the EU for LGBT people.

Never tried that, although I remember playing with some settings like head bobble. Some games were better than others. Like I remember completing Hexen and not remembering that I had any issues

Great to see Phil quoted here even if the framing overly focuses on the negative.

Quite enjoy playing FPS, especially when younger but always had issues with motion sickness if I played too long. This is a great discussion of the genre.

Oh huh just like trans people have been saying for a decade

UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips Minister points to ‘sexist’ practice of country relying on women to provide services so government did not have to

I see this every time I work with community groups. Women stepping in to fill gaps left by LAs and government, only to find the more they step in, the more gaps appear, as government sees this free labour as a solution that their funding crises. It is not. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Amazing how much working environments have changed

Hormones are being used to justify exclusion in sport?!

Would be great if someone simply says nuclear, coal and gas plants produce no power per acre without fuel from somewhere else...

This implies that there isn't no legitimate use of a VPN for young users. It's essential for using unsecure WiFi. That's before you get to language study and people from ethnic backgrounds.

I wonder how many schools have vpns?

it's fine for straight men to date and hook up and it is a problem that the the right pushes out so much negativity but i think the issue is that advice on 'how to get laid' is actually quite readily available from straight women, it's just that straight men don't listen to or respect straight women

All very good points from Adam...

We do make our infrastructure expensive, but we shouldn't forget though that the Spanish average salary is €27,000 so about £23,400. UK average salary is £37,000.

There's something odd going on where the Conservative response seems more sensible than the government one.

The end result of this is that a bunch of cis women athletes are going to find out they're intersex.

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Compare and contrast to both the branding and content of Harvard's home page:
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One year of Birmingham's Road Safety Emergency! Last July, Birmingham City Council declared a road safety emergency. Better Streets for Birmingham is marking the first anniversary of the Road Safety Emergency with a gathering in Victoria Square, Birmingham on Friday 1st August, followed by the regular monthly Circle the City ride. Join us to honour those whose lives have been lost or seriously affected by road violence and to continue our calls for action to make Birmingham's roads safer for everyone. Meeting at Victoria Square, Birmingham City Centre on Friday 1st August 5pm for 5.30pm start, followed by Circle the City ride at 6pm. Support the campaign for safer streets: betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/join-us

Join us on Friday 1st August to mark one year of Birmingham's road safety emergency. Meet in Victoria Square at 5pm for a 5.30pm start. Stay around for the monthly Circle the City ride.

Indeed and they also seem to forget about the European Convention on Human Rights a lot.

Agree that infrastructure is needed but I think good public transport is an important enabler as well. Paris could do this as a lot of people use the Metro.

No mention of the Gender Recognition Act...

An a nuanced view would be considering fairness in a much wider context. We know for instance date of birth has a huge impact on school sports performance, yet there's never any questions about that.

Well Longbridge Hub is so secure you often can't get your bike out...

The stupid thing about this stuff is that they've got a simple age verification already built in... If people are paying by credit card then they're an adult.